11.   Although it features an endearing Great Dane, it is a romantic comedy, not a shaggy-dog tale.

12.   Although the movie does have humor, it treats the subject of transsexuality with such high seriousness that it does not achieve the buoyancy usually associated with romantic comedy.

13.   An hourlong romantic comedy from meteoric producer Joanne Waters.

14.   An unlikely romantic comedy by the avant-garde Belgian director Chantal Akerman, this film had not found anyone willing to release it in American theaters.

15.   And that shows the audience why this quick-witted romantic comedy is secretly much tougher than it looks.

16.   And now they are starring in the romantic comedy One Fine Day, which opens Friday.

17.   And this is true for everyone in a modern romantic comedy, whether it takes the form of self-reflection or self-absorption.

18.   And the romantic comedy shaping the script moves him slowly toward, well, something.

19.   And, for good measure, Harry meets Sarah Jessica Parker in a dark romantic comedy debuting this month on cable TV.

20.   Anderson has filmed the movie much like a documentary, using hand-held cameras and minimal lighting that gives his story an honesty and rawness absent from most romantic comedies.